[Secret identity + revenge + political intrigue + equally matched leads + strong heroine]
Everyone thought she was the young mistress of the Shen household, the family business's cash cow.
But no one knew she was the orphaned daughter of a rebel, imprisoned by a general, or that she was the secret ruler of Zhiyuan, pulling all the strings from the shadows.
Destroying the General Shen household, which planned to rebel, was only the first step in her revenge and her bid to claim the realm.
She chose Xiao Jingyuan, the stunningly handsome former top scholar turned wanted fugitive, helped him raise an army, and sent him to the summit of power.
Xiao Jingyuan did not disappoint. He conquered the realm and offered it to her as his bride price, kneeling as he begged her to become Empress.
She was moved, but she wanted something else more.
Leaving behind a single message, “Do not miss me,” she walked away.
Xiao Jingyuan was willing to give up the whole realm for her, but her ambitions lay beyond it...
